I leanred this early on trying to play "longest out sums" in Pick 3. Yeah, sure, the longest out sum is "due" and it will hit.....but it could go a month or more before it does. ANd then if you do hit a winner, you have won "nothing" because all your winnings were already eaten-up in the previous bets.

Probably too long winded a response. But I'm still answering the original question, which requires anindividual perception of what a "good bet" is.... like at the moment, me, personally, nothing is hitting or working. So tomorrow I'm spending a whole $2.50 on the DC mid day 60X wheeled straight, only because the 60 pair in the 1 and 2 postion has been out the longest. If it comes in, I'll faint. But considering all the stuff that isn't working, I'll still have something to look at in terms of the results. IOW, it gives me a "play" for tomorrow, and it has -- so it seems -- as much chance of hitting as anything else lately. Would I call this a "good bet"? HAH ! Not hardly ! Still...60X has to come in someday.

I guess no one else knows what a good bet is either Badger. I already said what i believe is a good bet. It's one that wins most of the time. That could be 51% or 60% or 90% of the time.

Find any situation of 50/50...... and find it having hit that way 10 times in a row...oh boy!

Then..... bet it to go the other way. You will be right over 90% of the time. You may only see it once a yr. in your State's game.... but that would be a great big opportunity to me. Put that with other current info stats .....its even better.

It will still be a GAMBLE..... when it stops being that way ...so will the game. Until then ...anything that cuts the odds down nearer to 50% is a better bet ....more than that is a good bet. (relative to Pick 3 anyway)

In Vegas the worst odds are generally found in the Slot machines ......but guess what? Slot machine odds are approx. 15 times better than Pick 3. Now that's crummy odds. We really shouldn't play this stupid game you know.

I agree with you rlast comment. But I play anyway for a couple of reasons. (and I suspect I'm not the only one, if players have ever examined their motivations)

First, as crummy as the odds are (even compared to slots) the Pick 3 is the only online game with the best odds. (which just goes to show what a lousy deal the states give us) -- and you can at least lower the odds a significant percentage in Pick 3 (even thought the odds will still be lousy) whereas, in the jackpot games, no matter what you do, with them starting out at millions-to-one against you, there is little you can do to lower the odds.

Secondly, in Pick 3 as opposed to slots, you at least feel (at least in perception) that you are doing something other than just playing for 100% luck. On slots, you have no "say" in what happens at all. You just feed the monster your money and push the button and hope. It's the same if you play online games or daily games and buy a quickpick. At least in Pick 3 you can feel a little like you are doing more than simply following blind luck. You can feel when you win that you "had something to do with it". And until a "better" game (with lower odds) comes along, we're stuck with it. I'm not holding my breath.

Well how about any three digits? The games change contantly. If you had been playing the 950 for the last 1400 or so draws in the Illinois Mid Day, you would have lost 1400 or so days in a row; since that's how long that combination has been out since last drawn. (hasn't hit since 9/16/2000) If you had been betting a buck a day on it, you'd still be 900 bucks in the hole if you played it tomorrow and it hit.

It's like WIN D showed in another thread. He posted one single prediction (123) and said "good for 30 days in all states". Within 3 or 4 days it hit....in Minnesota. It showed that you can put up predictions for "all states" over a long period and its going to hit somewhere. Unfortunately, what is needed to avoid losing one's shirt is to know where a combination will hit and when. Not being able to do that is why we all lose more drawings than we win. All pairs and all combinations will hit at some time or another, especially with the 40-some games played each day. But nailing them down to a small window and a specific game is what the difficulty is....Doing less is why it is so difficult to play for a profit. And the farther one gets in the "red", the harder/longer it takes to get back into the "black" again. That's when "winning" isn't really "winning".

This is for PA. midday only....Feb 14th. Check out the middle position ..... all even numbers....so if its 50/50 and that means 7 Headsin a row right? I will bet today using other filters as well.......but number one will be an odd number in the middle. If it loses .....fine ...probability and history say it was a damn good bet !

Here's another good bet example.....up until that 943 hit yesterday....notice that every draw up until then was at least 2 even digits.... 6 days in a row! Then yesterday ....ofcourse it flipped the other way..Tails!

Well how about any three digits? The games change contantly. If you had been playing the 950 for the last 1400 or so draws in the Illinois Mid Day, you would have lost 1400 or so days in a row; since that's how long that combination has been out since last drawn. (hasn't hit since 9/16/2000) If you had been betting a buck a day on it, you'd still be 900 bucks in the hole if you played it tomorrow and it hit.

It's like WIN D showed in another thread. He posted one single prediction (123) and said "good for 30 days in all states". Within 3 or 4 days it hit....in Minnesota. It showed that you can put up predictions for "all states" over a long period and its going to hit somewhere. Unfortunately, what is needed to avoid losing one's shirt is to know where a combination will hit and when. Not being able to do that is why we all lose more drawings than we win. All pairs and all combinations will hit at some time or another, especially with the 40-some games played each day. But nailing them down to a small window and a specific game is what the difficulty is....Doing less is why it is so difficult to play for a profit. And the farther oneets in the "red", the harder/longer it takes to get back into the "black" again. That's when "winning" isn't really "winning".

There was the obvious for today 02/04/05 I did not pick any plays for mid. Played two combinations with the 09 pair tonight. The wrong ones chosen of course. Had other plays besides the 09 pair tonight. I had chosen the 18 and 09 pair yesterday before the eve draw for plays. Just getting my brain hooked up on this new strategy before I play all the combos in a pair chosen. Dry runs as you have it. If the patterns continue like this it is the best paper and pencil I have seen in the 20 years I have been tracking. I have checked many other states on this and the patterns are there.

I leanred this early on trying to play "longest out sums" in Pick 3. Yeah, sure, the longest out sum is "due" and it will hit.....but it could go a month or more before it does. ANd then if you do hit a winner, you have won "nothing" because all your winnings were already eaten-up in the previous bets.

Probably too long winded a response. But I'm still answering the original question, which requires anindividual perception of what a "good bet" is.... like at the moment, me, personally, nothing is hitting or working. So tomorrow I'm spending a whole $2.50 on the DC mid day 60X wheeled straight, only because the 60 pair in the 1 and 2 postion has been out the longest. If it comes in, I'll faint. But considering all the stuff that isn't working, I'll still have something to look at in terms of the results. IOW, it gives me a "play" for tomorrow, and it has -- so it seems -- as much chance of hitting as anything else lately. Would I call this a "good bet"? HAH ! Not hardly ! Still...60X has to come in someday.

What about the 9*-5*-0 digits

maybe digits are better bets

Its a 3 digit game I know.

900 came D.C. midday 2/14

In your response

Well how about any three digits? The games change contantly. If you had been playing the 950 for the last 1400 or so draws in the Illinois Mid Day, you would have lost 1400 or so days in a row; since that's how long that combination has been out since last drawn. (hasn't hit since 9/16/2000) If you had been betting a buck a day on it, you'd still be 900* bucks in the hole if you played it tomorrow and it hit

Say John...... This little sentence in your post up there interest me...LOL Maybe you could run that past again cause i'm a little slow on the up take ....thanks.

There was the obvious for today 02/04/05 I did not pick any plays for mid. Played two combinations with the 09 pair tonight. The wrong ones chosen of course. Had other plays besides the 09 pair tonight. I had chosen the 18 and 09 pair yesterday before the eve draw for plays. Just getting my brain hooked up on this new strategy before I play all the combos in a pair chosen. Dry runs as you have it.If the patterns continue like this it is the best paper and pencil I have seen in the 20 years I have been tracking. I have checked many other states on this and the patterns are there.

Yes i think there a good bets if you have the forsight to see it. A few days ago in a powertrails workout the top 3 numbers were 123 and without hesitation i thought to myself that it has been a while since this combo has been drawn. Sure enough last night 213 made it to the winners circle. now if my gut feeling had kicked in and i had put say 10/20/50 dollars on it i would be one easy street for a while. Don't ask me why i didn't play it, i played 217 because i had a feeling about it.